Western University

Western Libraries

Academic Library · Canada

• https://www.lib.uwo.ca/scholarship/journal_publishing.html
• rsclib@uwo.ca

Research and Scholarly Communication

https://www.lib.uwo.ca/scholarship/journal_publishing.html

Kristin Hoffmann, Research and Scholarly Communication Librarian
Phone: 1-519-661-2111 x84818
Email: khoffma8@uwo.ca

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
The publishing mission of Western Libraries is to work directly with faculty and students to achieve their academic publishing goals by providing tools for and expertise in disseminating original scholarly work, advocating for open access, and educating them about ethical and rigorous publishing processes and standards.

• Publishing activities began: 2008
• Stage of publishing efforts: 2 - Early
• Open access focus: Central to mission
• Portion of Open Access publications: Most
• Publishing Languages: English, French, Spanish

Program Organization

• Organization of publishing services: Centralized library publishing unit/department
• Advisory/editorial board: No
• Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 3
• Individual people: 7
• Students: Graduate student(s)
• Funding sources: Grants, Library materials budget, Library operating budget

Publishing Activities

• Conference papers and proceedings
• Databases
• Datasets
• Educational resources
• Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs)
• Expansive digital publications
• Journals
• Monographs
• Multimedia

Partners

• Internal partners:  Campus departments or programs, Individual faculty, Graduate students, Undergraduate students
• Other publishing entities administered by your library: No
  
• Other publishing entities within your library’s parent institution: No
  
• Program’s openness to working with external partners: Consider external partners if there is a tie to my institution (e.g., local editor of a journal for an external scholarly society)
• Part of a consortium which provides support for publishing? (e.g. platform, funding): Yes

Technologies & Services

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Policies

Other Policies:
Repository collection policy

Other Information:
We also provide substantial Geographic Information Systems (GIS) services and support for publishing, using Esri GIS software.